THE SPRING GROVE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Drift Plains setting.
Spring Grove township has 32.1 square miles of land in McHenry County. Its Census reference point is in Drift Plains, within Northern Glaciated Plains.
Flat to gently rolling glacial terrain supports a prairie transition between taller and shorter grasses. Many temporary and seasonal wetlands occupy depressions left in the glacial landscape.
Regional context: Northern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Spring Grove and McHenry County
Spring Grove is associated with McHenry County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Spring Grove by land and water
The Census records 1.84 square miles of water within Spring Grove, or 5.4% of its total area. It is 3.4 percentage points higher than the 2% recorded for McHenry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Spring Grove township has 16.3 times the land area of nearby Drake city (1.97 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

